See also: https://www.wikitok.io/
And a plug for my own (fiendishly difficult) Wikipedia-based game:
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#62This is a very neat idea. I am not sure why the page needs to load 40mb of data and make me wait 5 mins before the first view. I'd probably also add some ranking criteria to surface good quality articles that maximize the "I learnt something new today" factor. Overall kudos to the developer for original thinking.
probably vibe coded
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#63why does everyone keep making this exact same thing again and again
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#64You can do this manually, obviously. The key is the starting point. The design of thermonuclear weapons is always a good place to begin.
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#65This is a very neat idea. I am not sure why the page needs to load 40mb of data and make me wait 5 mins before the first view. I'd probably also add some ranking criteria to surface good quality articles that maximize the "I learnt something new today" factor. Overall kudos to the developer for original thinking.
Presumably the 40mb of data is not from Wikipedia, but the Javascript tracking code bundle needed to turn it into a doomscrollable social media feed. ;) By those standards, I think it’s pretty lightweight! For comparison, the Instagram iOS app is 468.9mb, more than ten times the size…
Now imagine how big the builds are for Instagram's server side doomscrollable feed algorithm, given their inverse incentives to this project.
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#66This is a very neat idea. I am not sure why the page needs to load 40mb of data and make me wait 5 mins before the first view. I'd probably also add some ranking criteria to surface good quality articles that maximize the "I learnt something new today" factor. Overall kudos to the developer for original thinking.
Presumably the 40mb of data is not from Wikipedia, but the Javascript tracking code bundle needed to turn it into a doomscrollable social media feed. ;) By those standards, I think it’s pretty lightweight! For comparison, the Instagram iOS app is 468.9mb, more than ten times the size…
40mb is way too much for a JS bundle... Even with a framework you could do this with 5mb or less.
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#67How cool is that! Feature request: Let the user select another language than English.
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#68> you will likely see NSFW content. Please only continue if you're an adult.
Should be: Please only continue if you're not at work.
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#69> you will likely see NSFW content. Please only continue if you're an adult. Should be: Please only continue if you're not at work.
Not everyone works for Valley Virgins
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#70Great idea, i find this is better than just doom scrolling X or Instagram